Sentence examples for has been joyless from inspiring English sources

Outsiders are also monitoring Turkey as one of the Muslim world's rare examples of a working democracy.The election contest has been joyless if feverish, marked by huge rallies and demonstrations that suggest there will be a big voter turnout.

Announced as 11 dates but extended to 35 arena shows, this tour could easily have been joyless and desperate.

It may have been joyless work.

It has been a joyless journey, but so far a successful one.

Barack Obama's second term in office has been a joyless one.

But it has been a jobless, joyless recovery.

It has been an exhausting and joyless victory for the Russian troops as well.

Though there has been the usual carping, joyless geek chorus, appearing to get an almost parasexual thrill from being outraged by me, I have received thousands of letters and emails from readers displaying such wit and wisdom that I've thought "I wish they were my friend", and if that makes me seem sad, frankly I don't give a damn.

Reeling from a furtive dalliance gone sour, the beauteous Lilian has been sentenced to a joyless marriage with a priggish missionary in the remote outpost of Kushpur, where she plots vengeance on the handsome botanist who absconded and left her in the family way.

One of the more disappointing aspects of the season has been that so much of it was joyless.

Norwich's lack of attacking threat is the main reason their season has been generally seen as a joyless slog.